About
A partner at Draper Associates and founding partner of Draper Dragon with over 20 years of venture investing across ten Draper fund vintages, having seeded 15+ unicorns. He previously worked at Intel, Credit Suisse, Infineon and ABB, and holds engineering degrees from UT Austin and MIT plus a Wharton MBA.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningBiotechCrypto & Web3Deep TechHardwareSpace Tech
Experience
- Draper AssociatesPartnercurrent2014 — presentSan Mateo
- Draper DragonFounding Partnercurrent2006 — presentSilicon Valley
- Draper UniversityChair of the Executive Committeecurrent2019 — present
- Draper UniversityCEO2015 — 2019Silicon Valley
- America250Investor Judgecurrent2026 — present
- Hero City at Draper UniversityCEOcurrent2015 — presentSilicon Valley
- NewLimitInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Scout AIInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Aurelius SystemsInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- Kamau TherapeuticsInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- RadiantInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- Longshot Space Technologies CorporationInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- FirehawkInvestorcurrent2022 — present
- Venus AerospaceInvestorcurrent2021 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
- Colossal BiosciencesInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- PolymarketInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- GeminiInvestorcurrent2019 — present
- XanaduInvestorcurrent2019 — present
- LedgerInvestorcurrent2018 — present
- ICEYEInvestorcurrent2017 — present
- CoinbaseInvestorcurrent2017 — present
- VeChainInvestorcurrent2017 — present
- Otter.aiInvestorcurrent2016 — present
- Verge GenomicsInvestorcurrent2015 — present
- VicariousInvestorcurrent2014 — present
- Oklo IncInvestorcurrent2013 — present
- PrettyLitterInvestorcurrent2015 — present
- TrilliantInvestorcurrent2010 — present
- EDDA Technology, Inc.Investorcurrent2008 — present
- NovelBeam OpticsInvestorcurrent2008 — present
- Splashtop Inc.Investorcurrent2008 — present
- JING-JIN ELECTRICInvestorcurrent2007 — present
- ClinChoiceInvestorcurrent2007 — presentUS, India, and China
- AltoBeam Inc.Investorcurrent2007 — present
- YeePayInvestorcurrent2006 — present
- ABB Technology VenturesManaging Director2011 — 2014Palo Alto, CA
- Infineon TechnologiesPrincipal and Member of the Investment Committee2002 — 2006Silicon Valley, CA
- Credit Suisse First BostonInvestment Banker - Technology Group2000 — 2002
- UBSSummer Associate1999New York City Metropolitan Area
- IntelSenior Engineer and Marketing Manager1995 — 1998
Skills & more
Corporate Development99Emerging Markets90Mergers & Acquisitions99Start-ups99Venture Capital99Entrepreneurship99Due Diligence77Investments80Finance64Private Equity42Portfolio Management32Business Development99
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Product ManagementValuationBusiness StrategyStrategic PartnershipsFinancial TechnologyBitcoinblockchainEducational TechnologyEnterprise SoftwareStrategyManagementLanguages Chinese · Spanish
From Andy's professional profile.
Colleagues at Draper Associates
Addie Bonifas
Chief of Staff at Draper Associates
Asra Nadeem
Startup Education Advisor at Draper Associates
Collin West
Data Advisor at Draper Associates
James Walker
Principal at Draper Associates
Karina Armstrong
Assistant Controller at Draper Associates
Lord Aamer Sarfraz
Venture Partner at Draper Associates
Matt Harris
Investment Team at Draper Associates
Maxime Bucaille
Principal at Draper Associates
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Andy Tang?
- A partner at Draper Associates and founding partner of Draper Dragon with over 20 years of venture investing across ten Draper fund vintages, having seeded 15+ unicorns. He previously worked at Intel, Credit Suisse, Infineon and ABB, and holds engineering degrees from UT Austin and MIT plus a Wharton MBA.
- Where does Andy Tang work?
- Andy Tang is Partner at Draper Associates.
- What does Andy Tang invest in?
- Andy Tang invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, Hardware, Space Tech.
- What check size does Andy Tang write?
- Andy Tang typically writes checks of $500K – $5M.
- Where did Andy Tang go to school?
- Andy Tang studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MSEE, Engineering); The Wharton School (MBA, Finance); Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin (BSEE, Engineering).
Same school
Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology1,388
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesElad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars
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Also attended The Wharton School1,559
Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesSarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan CapitalJack AbrahamFounder, CEO & Managing Partner of Atomic
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Also attended Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin3
Also attended Lamar High School2
Shared employers
Also worked at Scout AI3
Also worked at Aurelius Systems2
Also worked at Verge Genomics7
Hani GoodarziFounder, Tahoe Therapeutics at Amplify PartnersEmily MeltonInvestor at Threshold VenturesAndy TangFounding Partner at Draper DragonJim CohenCo-Founder and General Partner at Fitz Gate VenturesMark PoagCo-Founder and General Partner at Fitz Gate VenturesWilliam AbecassisManaging Partner and CIO at Braven
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Also worked at Credit Suisse First Boston607
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesNik StoronskyCo-founder & CEO of RevolutVlad YatsenkoCo-founder & CTO of RevolutRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis VenturesAryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity Partners
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